How to format your references using the Research Involvement and Engagement citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Research Involvement and Engagement. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

1. Reichhardt T. Safety concerns force NASA to condemn satellite to fiery end. Nature. 2000;404:423.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Wang TT, Palese P. Biochemistry. Catching a moving target. Science. 2011;333:834–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Lawrence KT, Liu Z, Herbert TD. Evolution of the eastern tropical Pacific through Plio-Pleistocene glaciation. Science. 2006;312:79–83.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. La Spina A, Paolicchi P, Kryszczyńska A, Pravec P. Retrograde spins of near-Earth asteroids from the Yarkovsky effect. Nature. 2004;428:400–1.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

1. Held T. In-situ-Verfahren zur Boden- und Grundwassersanierung. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2014.

An edited book

1. Zimmermann KF. Immigration Policy and the Labor Market: The German Experience and Lessons for Europe. Bonin H, Hinte H, Fahr R, editors. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Tarc P. Full-Time Teachers’ Learning. In: Clark R, Livingstone DW, Smaller H, editors. Teacher Learning and Power in the Knowledge Society. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2012. p. 87–108.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Research Involvement and Engagement.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. NASA Scientists Create Biodegradable Fungus Drone [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/nasa-scientists-create-biodegradable-fungus-drone/

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

1. Government Accountability Office. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites: Progress Has Been Made, but Improvements Are Needed to Effectively Manage Risks. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007 Oct. Report No.: GAO-08-18.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

1. Hayes MG. A qualitative case study of cultural competency among Advanced Placement teachers in Florida [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2010.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

1. Murphy MJO. Friday File: A Look at the Golden Age for Oscar-Nominated Newspaper Movies. New York Times. 2016 Mar 4;C24.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1,2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	Research Involvement and Engagement
Abbreviation	Res. Involv. Engagem.
ISSN (online)	2056-7529
Scope